[TheForge] Stuh-hooopid question time...

[Andrew Vida]

Well, I managed to open the splits up and smooshed acraglass into it. 
It is now tied up and setting.  I seem to have gotten the resin well 
into the crack... time will tell.  the original finish is intact all 
around, so perhaps oil infiltration has been minimal.  This isn't a big 
deal job.  I doubt the gun is worth more than $99 - this is a favor for 
a friend.  Once set, I will relieve the mating surface and hopefully the 
crack will not reopen.

Washington, Aubrey O. wrote:
> As others have said, I have had good results using the watery CA glue on tight cracks in wood.  But, I have mainly used it on unfinished wood with open pores.  The problem you may run into is gun oil soaked into the wood.  I have no idea how much of a problem this will be for you.
> 
> Aubrey
> 
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> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 5:51 PM
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> Subject: [TheForge] Stuh-hooopid question time...
> 
> I have a problem.  No, that THAT one, another one.
> 
> I have another gun stock to repair (wood)  It is a crappy old Stevens
> single barrel break action.  This pattern is notorious for cracking
> where the stock meets the back of the action, usually because things are
> a wee bit too tight.  I've filed the mating wood surfaces down a few
> thousandths and now need to glue the splits back together.
> 
> Ordinarily, I would use Acraglass to affect this repair, but the splits
> are very narrow.  I don't know any way to get the Acraglass resin into
> the narrow crevice (anyone have any suggestions?), so I was thinking of
> cyanoacrylate.  My question is this: what will thin cyanoacrylate so I
> can make it nice and watery so that it will fully fill the crack?
> 
> If anyone knows a way to get Acraglass into small crevices like this,
> I'd be very happy to hear it.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
>         -Andy
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